Memphis Gayoso Gas Co. v. Williamson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from tlie judgment of the 1st Circuit Court, September Term, 1871. C. W. Heiskell, J.
1Opinion of the CourtNicholson, C. J.
On the 18th of September, 1867, Thompson Dean, a citizen of New York, filed his bill in the Circuit Court of. the United States, for the District of West Tennessee, against the Memphis Gayoso Gas Co., the city of. Memphis, and the Memphis Gaslight Co., in which he alleges that he was a large stockholder in the Memphis Gaslight Co., which company, by the terms of its charter, was entitled to the exclusive franchise of manufacturing and ' selling gas to supply the city of Memphis and its inhabitants with gaslight.That this exclusive privilege was being infringed by the Gayoso Gas Co., which…
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